Black Lives Matter

A leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys pleaded guilty Monday in the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a church in downtown D.C.

Black Lives Matter leaders met with President Joe Biden’s team, and the activist group is disappointed in what they’ve seen so far from the administration

George Floyd’s Nephew Brandon Williams said that “22 and a half years” was not enough after the Derek Chauvin sentencing Friday.

Floyd Family Attorney Ben Crump spoke after former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin received the longest sentence ever for a police officer for murder in the state of Minnesota. “This should not be the exception when a Black person is killed by brutality by the police,” said Crump. “It should be the norm.”

Gianna Floyd, George Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, delivered her victim impact statement via video during Derek Chauvin’s sentencing hearing Friday. She said “I miss him and I love him” and she “asks about him all the time.”

Every Father’s Day, I make it a point to reflect on the promises and lessons that I want my young daughters to learn when they’re older. Much of these reflections have to do with social justice, self-identity and fighting for social justice.

Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, is stepping down as executive director of the movement’s foundation.

May is Asian American Heritage Month. Teresa Nguyen is the owner of Lan Rose PR in Dallas, founder of the umbrella project, and an advocate for cultural diversity and a community activist. She stops by to discuss Umbrella Project “Carry On” social art exhibit taking place June 4 through June 20 at the Ash studios in Dallas. To learn more, visit...

Black Lives Matter Plaza will become a permanent art installation. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made the announcement Thursday about the future of the now-iconic downtown street in front of the White House. It was a move that drew international headlines at the height of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer: Bowser had the words painted in enormous bold...

Tre Seals is the owner of Studio Seals and Vocal Type Co., the last Black-owned font foundry in the country. And the inspiration for his work comes from the very struggle of Black Americans from the early civil rights marches to calls for racial justice occurring today.

With Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, activists and the Floyd family are turning their attention to this summer’s trial for the other three officers involved in his May 2020 arrest

A group of activists gathered outside City Hall Friday after 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer earlier in the week.

A photojournalist won a settlement in his lawsuit against D.C. police, who he says violated his civil rights by arresting him as he covered a Black Lives Matter protest in August.

A former president of the organization that hosts the Golden Globes has been dropped from the group’s board after calling Black Lives Matter a “racist hate movement” in an email.

It was a sadly powerful moment in American history. A Minnesota panel of six white and six Black or multi-racial jurors told us Tuesday that the life of a Black man, George Floyd, mattered. And more importantly, they told us his manner of death mattered, even coming under the knee of a white police officer.

The three weeks of the Derek Chauvin trial featured dozens of witnesses and hundreds of pages of evidence. But within all that information, there were a few key moments that ultimately turned the jury to a guilty verdict. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson breaks them down with the help of NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus gathered to watch the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin being read.

Biden, who earned a reputation for being tough on crime while in the Senate in the 1990s, faces both political and legal headwinds.